nlme (version 3.1-99)

corGaus: Gaussian Correlation Structure

Description

This function is a constructor for the corGaus class, representing a Gaussian spatial correlation structure. Letting $d$ denote the range and $n$ denote the nugget effect, the correlation between two observations a distance $r$ apart is $\exp(-(r/d)^2)$ when no nugget effect is present and $(1-n) \exp(-(r/d)^2)$ when a nugget effect is assumed. Objects created using this constructor must later be initialized using the appropriate ` Initialize method.

Usage

corGaus(value, form, nugget, metric, fixed)

Arguments

value

an optional vector with the parameter values in constrained form. If nugget is FALSE, value can have only one element, corresponding to the "range" of the Gaussian correlation structure, which must be greate

form

a one sided formula of the form ~ S1+...+Sp, or ~ S1+...+Sp | g, specifying spatial covariates S1 through Sp and, optionally, a grouping factor g. When a grouping factor is presen

nugget

an optional logical value indicating whether a nugget effect is present. Defaults to FALSE.

metric

an optional character string specifying the distance metric to be used. The currently available options are "euclidean" for the root sum-of-squares of distances; "maximum" for the maximum difference; and "manhattan

fixed

an optional logical value indicating whether the coefficients should be allowed to vary in the optimization, or kept fixed at their initial value. Defaults to FALSE, in which case the coefficients are allowed to vary.

Value

• an object of class corGaus, also inheriting from class corSpatial, representing a Gaussian spatial correlation structure.

References

Cressie, N.A.C. (1993), "Statistics for Spatial Data", J. Wiley & Sons. Venables, W.N. and Ripley, B.D. (1997) "Modern Applied Statistics with S-plus", 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag. Littel, Milliken, Stroup, and Wolfinger (1996) "SAS Systems for Mixed Models", SAS Institute.

Pinheiro, J.C., and Bates, D.M. (2000) "Mixed-Effects Models in S and S-PLUS", Springer.

See Also

Initialize.corStruct, summary.corStruct, dist

Examples

sp1 <- corGaus(form = ~ x + y + z)

# example lme(..., corGaus ...)
# Pinheiro and Bates, pp. 222-249
fm1BW.lme <- lme(weight ~ Time * Diet, BodyWeight,
                   random = ~ Time)
# p. 223
fm2BW.lme <- update(fm1BW.lme, weights = varPower())
# p 246 
fm3BW.lme <- update(fm2BW.lme,
           correlation = corExp(form = ~ Time))
# p. 249
fm8BW.lme <- update(fm3BW.lme, correlation = corGaus(form = ~ Time))